Sondheim Quotes

Sondheim Quote of the day

No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

I think Stephen Sondheim is a - and I hardly ever use this word - but this is as close as it gets to a genius.

The thing about Sondheim is that it does get very cerebral. You do need a faculty with words and a love for the lyrics to not just pull it off, but to have an appreciation for it.

Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there's great truth in the songs, and that's what was so wonderful to find.

I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics.

Stephen Sondheim I am in awe of.

I couldn't live without the genius of Stephen Sondheim, be it not just West Side Story,but Follies,Company,Sweeney Todd,Passion.You can go on and on.

My experience with Sondheim has been nothing but glorious, especially for a guy who doesn't sing.

I'm very, very sad to say that the only Sondheim show I've done is "A Little Night Music" and it was when I was in college.

My favorite show tune has got to be Stephen Sondheim's "I Remember Sky." It's probably the saddest song of all time I sing it to myself in the mirror. No, I am kidding. That's the joke.

I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.

The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.

I am writing better Stephen Sondheim songs than even Stephen Sondheim is writing.

I chose and my world was shaken, so what? The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not.